Volume 4 GIS in the Defense and Intelligence Communities 1 Table of Contents Message from Jack Dangermond 3 Command and Control and Mission Planning Airborne Web Services 19 Intelligence NATO ISAF 20–21 AF Distributed Common Ground System 5–7 NATO Afghanistan 22–23 Communication System Planning Tools 8–9 Tactical Decision Aids 24 GMOSS 10 Installation and Environment Maritime Norwegian Defence Estates 26–27 Portuguese Marines 12 Range Managers Toolkit 28–29 NATO MCC HQ 13 GeoRange 30–31 METOC Australia 14–15 UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency 16–17 Education and Training Royal School of Military Survey 33–35 Submit Your Story for Print Each article in this publication represents a real program or situation that is making a difference in defense and intelligence communities. Sharing experiences lessens risk, reduces cost, and fosters understanding of the road map toward seamless spatial information infrastructures in defense and intelligence organizations. 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Dear Colleagues: The information also helps organizations because they see successful models of wise applications of technology and I am delighted to introduce this fourth volume of GIS in sophisticated tools for making informed decisions. As you the Defense and Intelligence Communities. This volume can see, distributing concepts and strategies has tangible mainly focuses on the use of geospatial technology in the benefits. It is interesting to reflect on the importance of international arena: 10 out of the 15 stories were submitted publishing experiences like these. Taxpayers benefit because by international organizations. This is exciting to me because sharing knowledge reduces redundant programs and associ- it demonstrates how universal geographic information ated costs. system (GIS) technology has become in defense. In previous volumes, the stories illustrated how GIS was used in many applications: command and control, intelligence Warm regards, and reconnaissance, installations and environment, logistics, and health. This new volume highlights the international reach of GIS in defense and intelligence, which is significant since many nations share common challenges and increas- Jack Dangermond ingly participate in multinational exercises and operations. ESRI President Three of the stories come from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), one from the European Union Satellite Center, and six from other international organiza- tions. These important articles illustrate how GIS supports ongoing operations and serves as a useful model for how technology contributes to national programs. Range Managers Tool Kit US Air Force Distributed Common Ground System. www.esri.com U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency 3 GMOSS SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE IMINT SURVEILLANCE SIGINT INTELLIGENCE C4ISR IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE CSPT INTELLIGENCE RECONNAISSANCE DCGS 4 The Synergy of Networkcentric Technologies, GIS, and the Distributed Common Ground System’s Integration Backbone (AF DCGS Block 10.2) The past several years have proved the need for persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) for U.S. armed forces. They require real-time information to gain decision superiority and dominate the battle space. The Air Force’s (AF) major ISR system, largely made up of legacy components and known as the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS), recently struck a major evolutionary milestone. The Electronic System Center’s Intelligence Sur- veillance and Reconnaissance Integration System Program Office awarded the AF DCGS Block 10.2 upgrade contract to an industry team of major companies led by the Raytheon Corporation. The Raytheon-led team is working shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. Air Force to transform the current tasking, process- ing, exploitation, and dissemination (TPED)-based DCGS system into the task, post, process, and use (TPPU) model. INTELLIGENCE Current ISR systems feed data into platformcentric “stove- piped” tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems operating independently of each other. Because of this partitioning, commonality and interoperability are restricted between the services, which limits their ability to operate in a joint and coalition environment. AF DCGS Block 10.2 overcomes these obstacles. With the introduction of the AF DCGS Block 10.2 DIB capa- bilities, current intelligence data is posted to the network for The AF DCGS 10.2 upgrade of the Air Force ISR DCGS immediate use by analysts and war fighters and is integrated System will enable networkcentric operations using the with other assets to produce situational awareness of the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) for the U.S. armed forces battle space. as each service develops its own system. ISR knowledge is presented to users in many ways, primarily DIB can trace its lineage from the Chairman’s Joint Vision through the use of a commercial Web-based architecture 2020, Defense Planning Guidance, Quadrennial Defense and technologies and integration, via the DIB, of multiple Review and Service modernization and transformation intelligence systems into a single, worldwide networkcentric efforts. enterprise, thus enabling interoperability and improved col- lection and delivery of ISR data. AF DCGS Block 10.2 Web- The Department of Defense (DoD) envisions DCGS as a based technologies will transform ISR into an integrated globally integrated, distributed, and collaborative informa- element of DoD command and control systems. tion technology enterprise. AF DCGS Block 10.2 will provide continuous, on-demand intelligence to achieve full-spec- The AF DCGS Block 10.2 DIB system’s open architecture trum dominance so that American and Coalition forces can was developed so that any node or workstation within the change the mission objectives in hours, minutes, or even Air Force DCGS organization can share intelligence across a RECONNAISSANCE seconds. The environment provides physical and electronic worldwide network. distribution of ISR data, processes, and systems. 5 The many interactions during the development process between software developers and subject matter experts (SMEs) and the use of enterprise-based ESRI GIS and DIB products have culminated in a powerful set of user tools— MiViz, Meta Data Query, and other Web-based products— which are easily learned and used by anyone. The intuitive point-and-click actions propel the user into completion of activities with decisive strokes. Intelligence As each service’s DCGS system adopts DIB, intelligence data will be shared seamlessly across the entire ISR family of systems. Raytheon is currently working with the other services and government agencies, assisting them in deploy- ing, employing, and architecting their systems with the DIB infrastructure, thereby facilitating the vision of future interconnectivity and sharing of all data across one DoD C4ISR enterprise. From space to ground to under the sea, AF DCGS Block 10.2 Access to the enterprise tools is a point and click away from is the foundation of the global ISR enterprise and will pro- any Air Force user’s fingertips via the centralized Air Force vide significant automation and data-sharing enhancements. DCGS portal. It is fully customizable according to the user’s The AF DCGS Block 10.2 upgrade significantly enhances the preferences and performance functions. speed at which war fighters can receive and share critical The Web-based ISR product developed for AF DCGS ISR information and improves the ability of the Air Force and Block 10.2 to visually share and manage the federated data its sister services to share that data, in real time, through a of the battle space is Multi-Int Visualization (MiViz). MiViz high-speed network. is purely browser based and was created in concert with the subject matter experts of the Air Force. Each provided priceless inputs into the development and use of the final product. MiViz is a completely DIB-enabled product composed of enterprise-optimized source code and enterprise-enabled COTS geographic information system (GIS) software from ESRI. MiViz extensively employs ESRI® MapObjects®—Java™ and ArcXML™ to interface to the plethora of mapping server functions provided by ArcIMS® and ArcSDE®. This architecture is bounded by WebLogic Server® to expose all National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) GIS products (CADRG, VMap, CIB, DTED, etc.) and ESRI GIS functions and analysis tools to users of the enterprise. Interactive mapping functions provided by MapObjects— Java (e.g., pan and zoom) can be used without modifica- tions out of the box. MapObjects acetate data layers are employed to create the extensive overlay system architected The DIB enterprise